deep state

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdiːp ˈsteɪt/
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A calque of Turkish derin devlet (“deep state”). Early uses were in relation to Turkey, especially the 1996 Susurluk scandal.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَوْلَة عَمِيقَة — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Arabic: دَوْلَة مُتَجَذِّرَة — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Arabic: دَوْلَة بِدَاخِلِ دَوْلَة — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Armenian: խորքային պետություն (xorkʻayin petutʻyun) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Azerbaijani: dərin dövlət — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Catalan: estat profund — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Catalan: estat dins d'un estat — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Chinese Mandarin: 深層政府 /深层政府 (shēncéng zhèngfǔ) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Czech: stát ve státě — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Finnish: syvä valtio — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• French: État profond — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• German: Schattenregierung — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• German: Staat im Staat — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• German: Deep State — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Greek: κράτος εν κράτει (krátos en krátei) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Japanese: ディープステート (dīpusutēto) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Japanese: 闇の政府 (yami no seifu) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Japanese: 地底政府 (chitei seifu) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Latin: imperium in imperiō — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Persian: دولت عمیق (dowlat-e 'amiq) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Persian: دولت پنهان (dowlat-e panhân) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Persian: دولت در دولت (dowlat dar dowlat) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Russian: глуби́нное госуда́рство (glubínnoje gosudárstvo) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Russian: госуда́рство в госуда́рстве (gosudárstvo v gosudárstve) — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Spanish: estado profundo — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Spanish: cloacas del estado — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Thai: รัฐพันลึก — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Thai: รัฐซ้อนรัฐ — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence
• Turkish: derin devlet — large group of people believed to have long-lasting political influence